Word: buzzed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton--or, more accurately, the Clinton team--is very clever to shift the American people's attention to scribblers, paparazzi and all the professionals who make their living off of buzz. Members of the media--involved in a business, not a nonprofit service--are always tempted to slant the story to further their own purposes. Consider, for example, that the person who encouraged Linda S. Tripp to bring Monica Lewinsky's story into the open was Lucianne Goldberg, a New York book agent. (Though her Republican sympathies no doubt had a large role in her desire to expose Clinton...
Hitler called his cruise missiles Vergeltungswaffen--vengeance weapons--but the Londoners who were their targets scornfully dubbed them doodlebugs. In the summer of 1944, more than 2,400 of the V-1 buzz bombs fell on England as the Nazi dictator made a last, futile attempt to break Britain's will. A half-century and a technological revolution later, the cruise missile has evolved into a superbly accurate flying bomb that can hit almost any spot on earth. It has also become President Bill Clinton's weapon of choice to provide the explosive oomph to back up his foreign...
Browning made this week's Ivy honor roll based on her play this weekend, and Miller was named the Soccer Buzz Elite Feet Team featured player of the week. Check out the colorful bio on Miller at the Soccer Buzz web site (http://www.soccerbuzz.com/elite/elite_nefram.htm)...
...jazz. "Giant Steps" began slowly--as a tribute to the original 'Trane. The audience could not believe the rapid chords that blazed through the air. As the song ended, bodies that sat at the edges of their seats languidly slouched back, fatigued and in awe. A buzz of recuperation and conversation filled intermission, as a humble figure in black began mixing with the crowd...
...Buzz Aldrin has a plan for your next vacation. You won't need to fret about getting to the airport because an airport won't be on your itinerary. You won't be deciding what kind of hotel you prefer, since you won't, strictly speaking, have a room. You will have to contend with the possibility that the slightest mishap could mean you'll never come home again. Nonetheless, Buzz is convinced you'll have a good time. And he should know--he's been there. Aldrin, who so famously walked on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission...